diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_perform.md b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_perform.md
index b24ae50db4..6622accccf 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_perform.md
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_perform.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Protocol:
 
 # NAME
 
-curl_easy_perform - perform a blocking file transfer
+curl_easy_perform - perform a blocking network transfer
 
 # SYNOPSIS